Letters to the editor

Friday

Dec 16, 2011 at 4:03 AM

Nelsons appreciate supportEditor:To all the great people in Holmes, Wayne and Ashland counties:We would like to thank all the people who have provided our family and daughter, Mary Elizabeth Nelson with prayers, support, donations and love. We live in a special area where people still help each other in times of need.We would like to especially thank all the people who helped with last weekend's fundraiser at the tennis center.Mary continues to improve and has been transferred to Room 3147 at Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Center in Columbus. Thanks for all of your love and all glory to God for Mary's improvement.The William and Rosanna Nelson familyBig PrairieP.S. Mary's progress can be watched at www.caringbridge.org/visit/MaryNelson92.United Way helps familiesEditor:I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to continue your support of the United Way of Wayne and Holmes Counties.At Catholic Charities Community Services of Wayne County we depend on your contribution to help us provide mental health services to children and their families.Each year over 25 percent of the families that come to us have no health insurance or other mental health coverage. Most of these families pay no fee or a very low fee based on our sliding fee scale.Your United Way contributions help us to subsidize the cost of the service to these families. Your contribution stays in the Community and helps us serve families that live in Wayne and Holmes Counties.With the recent cuts from the State, United Way dollars become even more important than in past years. I urge you to make your pledge and help us continue to serve the children and families in our Community.Bob Hurdle, directorCatholic CharitiesCommunity Services of Wayne CountyWoosterFocus should be on jobsEditor:Congressman Jim Renacci told the people at the Wayne County Home Builders Association, as reported in the Oct. 22 Daily Record, the Dodd-Frank Banking Bill that was instituted after the 2008 bank fiasco was hurting banks. The bill requires banks to hold more capital reserves and change the way they appraise property.I see nothing wrong with putting regulations on banks that prevent them from making fraudulent substandard loans and then selling these loans to an investment company, which in turn sells them to an unknowing stockholder.You should talk to some of our local people who lost their personal savings in the Fair Finance and Enron scams. You might get a better picture.You also stated the only way to control EPA regulations was to "change the president." Don't forget the EPA was set-up by Republican Richard Nixon in 1970 and many of the rules on the books now were put in place under Republican administrations.I agree that 5 percent of the EPA rules are unnecessary, however, the other 95 percent are vital to our existence. What would life be like if we didn't have clean drinking water and clean air?I would encourage you to spend your time and energy on ideas to create jobs for people in our community.You could start with the president's Jobs Bill, which used the ideas that have been successful over the past 80 years: Put people to work replacing 100-year-old water and sewer lines, upgrade and replace roads, schools, and public buildings. This idea has worked since the Depression.Merle Joe MillerWoosterWooster good option for factoryEditor:Your recent story about Newell Rubbermaid is sad. Why don't they move their plant back to Wooster where they bought ours in the mid-1990s? They also bought the name for fine products, plus the skilled people to make it go and the setup for overflow molding orders at outside locations.Moving back here where they could use the benefits of a smaller city with less congestion -- but plenty of activities for employees -- makes sense. Also the shipments could be loaded in rail cars right on the existing track inside the property. While Newell Rubbermaid was here they had city and county tax breaks. The buildings stand empty and could again hold about 100 plastic machines and the necessary storage.Charles Robinson (former Rubbermaidemployee)WoosterDalton ham dinner a successEditor:Another successful year for the ham dinner at the Dalton Holiday Festival held Dec. 3 and 4.The Senior Honorary Dalton Firemen served over 400 dinners and cleared over $1,800 after expenses to be given back to the community.Many, many thanks goes to our Boy Scout Troop 922 for helping to unload the supplies and helping to serve the dinner, for all the donations of pies and cakes from our community friends, those who helped with preparing and serving the dinner, a special thanks to Dennis Horst, owner of Das Dutch Kitchen restaurant for offering the use of a peeler/slicer, to Dalton Local Schools for letting us use their cafeteria for preparing and using their peeler/slicer, and to Deb Helms who helped with dishes.The honorary firemen asked the department to use the firemen's hall and peeler/slicer for the weekend and the officers and trustees refused to let them use it. They forget that the hall was purchased with community donations. We feel this is a poor example of working together by helping one and another at this time of the year.May God bless everyone who supported our community fundraiser.Merry Christmas,Camille and Skip OlsenMarie and Dave SepterDalton

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